Comment on Double-ton Younis piles agony on Australia in second Test

Abu Dhabi (AFP) - In-form Younis Khan continued his imperious form with a double hundred to pulverise Australia on the second day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday.At the break, Younis was not out on 205 for his fifth double ton and with him Asad Shafiq not out on one as Pakistan reached 517-4 at tea on a flat Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch.Younis hit Glenn Maxwell for a towering six and in the spinner's next over took a single to complete 200.He has so far hit 14 boundaries and two sixes during his dominating 344-ball knock.When on 181, Younis completed 8,000 runs in his 93rd Test, becoming the third Pakistani batsmen to reach the milestone behind Javed Miandad (8832) and Inzamam-ul Haq (8829). In all 28 batsmen in the world have scored 8,000 or more Test runs.Misbah also completed his hundred with a reverse sweep off Maxwell, taking 166 balls for the mark before he gave a return catch to Steve Smith.Misbah hit ten boundaries and a six and added 181 runs with Younis to further hit Australia badly.With a big first innings total in sight Pakistan can now hope of clinching their first series win over Australia since 1994.